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Pellissippi State Library Services

WELCOME

2011-2012 Volume 7, Issue 1

Pellissippi Campus - Main Library 10915 Hardin Valley Rd. Knoxville, TN 37933 Reference: 539-7107 Circulation: 694-6516 Blount County Campus 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Pkwy. Friendsville, TN 37737 Circulation: 981-5325 Division Street Campus 3435 Division St. Knoxville, TN 37919 Circulation: 971-5215 Magnolia Avenue Campus 1610 Magnolia Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917 Circulation: 329-3110

Where are we?

Welcome to Pellissippi State and our 2011 fall semester!

Spend time in our Library, the satel-lite campus ERCs and on the Li-brary’s updated website to become familiar with the services and re-sources the Library has to offer.

The Library and ERCs are excellent places for study, research, and en-richment. Our Library is where you check out books, laptops for use in the building, and reserve a group study room while working on pro-jects with your fellow students.

I encourage you to visit the Library and ERCs and to ask the Library and ERC staff for assistance in using all of the resources available online and at your campus.

Getting the information you need is important to us. That is why we are here.

Peter Nerzak

Director, Library Services Discover the wonders of the

Library’s extensive databases!

LexisNexis Academic provides access to a variety of news, business, legal, medical, and general reference information. Full-text articles from newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, and more! Visit LexisNexis Academic. http://ezproxy.pstcc.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/

Pellissippi Library Hours

Mon.-Thurs 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Friday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

For hours at all campuses:

http://lib.pstcc.edu/content.php?

pid=13789&sid=260248

Library Resources Pellissippi State Community College

First-year students share a com-mon reading experience:

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba

and Bryan Mealer

A fourteen-year-old boy in Malawi uses whatever materi-als he can find to create a windmill; all the while, he’s fighting skeptical villagers, overwhelming famine and pov-erty in Malawi.

http://libguides.pstcc.edu/commonbook2011

Banned Books Week

Sept. 24-Oct. 1, 2011

“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled, ‘This could change your life.’ ’’ —Helen Exley

100 Most Challenged Books http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/

Students, faculty, and staff need to know

their P-number in order to pick up a

Photo ID card. Bring another photo ID

with you, such as a driver’s license, pass-

port, or work badge.

Question: What database carries full-text arti-cles from over 60 journals published by the American Psychological Association? (See p. 4)

Three New Music Online Listening Collections

—Contemporary World Music: from regions on every continent https://ezproxy.pstcc.edu:3443/login?url=http://womu.alexanderstreet.com

—American Song: eclectic songs from America’s past and present https://ezproxy.pstcc.edu:3443/login?url=http://amso.alexanderstreet.com

—Jazz Music Library: thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, genres. https://ezproxy.pstcc.edu:3443/login?url=http://jazz.alexanderstreet.com

Welcome! 1

Where are we? 1

Online Catalogs 2

Photo ID’s 2

Databases 3

References 3

Q & A 4

Phone Numbers 4

Inside this issue:

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Pellissippi State Library Services

The catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 75,000 books and 300+ periodicals housed at the Pellissippi Campus Library, the Division Street Campus ERC, the Blount County Campus ERC and the Magnolia Avenue Campus ERC. Search the electronic journal index for full-text journals available online, sub-scribed to by the Library. In addition, more than 60,000 electronic books can now be retrieved and read at any time. Be sure to access some of the e-book databases, such as Safari Tech Books, Twayne Author Series, ebrary, Credo Reference, Million Book Project, Knovel Science and Technical eBooks, and EBSCO. You can even find 1100+ downloadable eAudio Books in EBSCO alone! Included in the Catalog are 1500+ video recordings and 100+ music cds, searchable by title, subject and keyword. New books, video recordings and music CDs are continuously added to the online catalog. Video recordings are located in Educational Technology Services, Goins 244 (694-6593 or 6515), Music CDs are located in the Learning Center, ERC 330 (539-7079).

Catalog: Find Books and More http://lib.pstcc.edu/books

Text a Librarian!

Do you have a reference question and you don’t have access to a com-puter? Send a text message to our librarians. Want to see how it works? Go ahead, try it now! During Library hours:

1. Compose new SMS/Text Message to 66746.

2. Start your message with our keyword PSLIB. Ex-ample: pslib Can you suggest some books about urban legends?

3. Send

Satellite campus ERCs are well equipped to assist you in your research needs. Just ask!

Loaner laptops are available for students to use within the Library or ERC. Visit the Circulation Desk at your campus and bring your student photo ID card and driver’s license.

Photo ID cards are required of ALL students, faculty,

and staff.

Photo ID cards are produced at

Student Life (SLR), Student Recrea-

tion Center (SRC) and at the Educa-

tional Resources Center (ERC) at all

satellite campuses.

You need to know your P number

and to bring a driver’s license, pass-

port, or other photo ID.

The Photo ID card is free for first-

time students. You will be charged

$10 for a replacement card if you

lose your ID.

You do not need to validate your ID

card each semester as along as you

are a current student or employee.

You need a photo student ID card to

use the following services and cen-

ters:

-Developmental Studies Math Lab

-Learning and Testing Center

-Library Services

-Student Recreation Center

-Student Life programs

-Media Center

-Employee access to campus buildings after

hours and on Sundays

-Discounts from area businesses

Stay updated on Facebook and Twitter!

http://pstcc15.pstcc.edu/library/

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Pellissippi State Library Services

The Pellissippi Library is committed to providing reference assistance to our users. You can reach a Reference librarian

in person

by telephone 539-7107

Via SMS text to 66746, start message with: pslib, send message [Example: pslib can you suggest a book about urban legends?]

with Ask a Librarian web form: http://lib.pstcc.edu/askref

Via Live Chat on many pages of Library’s website

We can assist you in using all Library resources for your research, both individually and in the classroom including:

encyclopedias, directories, handbooks, dictionaries, atlases, government documents, data files, electronic access to internet resources.

Don’t hesitate to ask for assistance!

You can find 60+ electronic databases—and the list is growing! These databases are available to Pellissippi State students, faculty, and staff at any of the four campuses and from off campus. Most of these databases provide the full text of magazine, journal, and newspaper articles. A partial list of our most popular databases:

Reference Assistance http://lib.pstcc.edu/askref

Databases http://lib.pstcc.edu/databases

Find a starting point for your research with the Library’s subject guides: http://libguides.pstcc.edu/

Academic OneFile Lexis Nexis Academic

Access Science Literature Resource

Center

American Song National Newspaper

Index

Anthrosource Oxford Reference

Online Premium

BusinessDecision PsycArticles

Credo Reference Safari Tech Books

Online

DISCovering

Collection

SIRS Knowledge

Source

Grove Music Online Social Sciences Full

Text

Health and Wellness

Resource Center

Wall Street Journal

History in Context: Westlaw

Knovel Engineering &

Scientific Online

Wilson Omnifile Full

Text Mega Edition

Do you have your UT/TBR borrower’s card?

Visit a circulation desk at a Pellissippi campus.

Attention, faculty!

It’s time to discover what the

Library can do for YOU!

Faculty can place course materials on reserve.

Faculty can request books to be purchased for the Library collection.

A librarian is available to teach a class how to retrieve and evaluate information resources. Instructors should contact Rick Bower (rbower) by e-mail or by phone: 539-7106.

Faculty! Do you

know who your li-

brary liaison is for

your department or

tech program? http://lib.pstcc.edu/

content.php?pid=13640&sid=1148346

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Pellissippi State Library Services

Library Services Acquistions....... 694-6621 Cataloging........ 694-6520 Circulation Desk 694-6516 Director............ 694-6517 Periodicals......... 694-6544 Reference Desk... 539-7107

Satellite Campus ERCs

Blount ............... 981-5325 Division............. 971-5215 Magnolia …….. 329-3110

Question: How can I access the da-

tabases from my home computer?

Answer: All students, faculty, and

staff have off campus access to the

library’s databases,

eBbook collection

downloadable eAudio books

Alexander Street streaming music (American,

World, Jazz & Classical)

Login to Online Catalog for access to eResources

Use your computer account username and password for

off-campus login. (Do not add the @pstcc.edu exten-

sion to your username. ) http://lib.pstcc.edu/content.php?pid=50627&sid=373513

Question: My team needs a quiet space, large ta-

ble, and a whiteboard. Does the Library have any

group study rooms?

Answer: The Pellissippi campus has six group study

rooms, and some of the site campuses are equipped

with group study rooms. A student may reserve a study

room for up to two hours each day. Reservations are

required and can be made at the Reference desk. Res-

ervations can be made only a week in advance to assure

equitable allocation.

Answer:

psychArticles covers a range of subjects, such as general psychology and specialized basic applied, theoretical, and clinical re-search subject areas in psychology.

http://ezproxy.pstcc.edu:3443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=pdh

Question: I need a book that is located at

another campus. How can I get it?

Answer: If the book you need is not available at

your campus, you may request that it be sent by

courier to your campus ERC. Here’s how it works:

1. Print out the title record from the Online

Catalog.

2. Bring it and your Pellissippi State Photo ID to the Circula-

tion Desk.

3. We will fax your request to the holding library, and the

book will arrive at your campus ERC within one to two days.

Easy!

Question: I’d like to visit the University of Tennessee

Library and maybe check out a book. Is this possible?

Answer: Yes! Students, faculty, and staff are eligible for a

Tennessee Board of Regents/University of Tennessee

borrower’s card that authorizes borrowing privileges at the

UT Library and any TBR school.

UT/TBR (TALC) cards are valid for one semester. To get a

UT/TBR (TALC) card, present your current Pellissippi State

Photo ID to the Circulation Desk at any of our four

campuses.

Note: This UT/TBR (TALC) card allows you to check out

books only—no periodicals or computer lab privileges. You

will be responsible for any fines at the lending library.

Questions & Answers

A Tennessee Board of Regents Institution An AA/EEO College

Online Catalog: What do the symbols mean?

The Pellissippi State Library newsletter is pub-lished twice each fall and spring semester.

L. Y. Robinson, editor

Visit the Library’s News Blog:

http://blogs.pstcc.edu/library/